The Relaxed Wife (1957)

★★★★★ · The product of creative minds · GE_Pretzel · 2006-01-03

Even if you've viewed The Relaxed Wife at least more than once, it's difficult to provide a good description of the film's content to those who have not yet witnessed the utterly bizarre mishmash of humourous images and dialogue that it contains. Every single minute of the film presents viewers with a strange brand of comedy unparalleled by any of the bilge currently occupying network television. The credits are also fascinating to behold!

★★★★★ · Fun to watch · ERD. · 2011-02-12

It was fun to watch this 1957 stylized but imaginative & funny film which cleverly promoted a tranquilizer. It was filmed at a time when the motion picture code required that the husband and wife be shown in separate beds. The actor who played the husband was excellent.

★★★★ · Not stange enough! · bread · 2006-10-07

I think this ad is nowhere near as stange as people make it out to be (I was hoping for something stanger!). Still, it's very enjoyable. Entertaining as a comedy.

★★★ · Loved it! · Zirondelle · 2008-03-14

Loved the puffy ladyrobe, loved the wires suspending the bottle of atarax!

★★★ · I'm Really Really " Relaxed " Up · Dr-Pretorious · 2021-11-13

This film clearly depicts the generation of hypocritical, tobacco addicted, alcoholic, pill popping adults who had the unmitigated gall to " just say no " and start a " war on drugs " 20 years later ?? The 1950’s puritanical American decades varnish is starting to chip off the Ike years chunk by chunk.

★★★ · Miltown Rat Race, Sing This Song · Dodsworth the Cat · 2023-03-28

A short that tries to be tongue-in-cheek with 1950s stylised sets that basically says "If what we suggested in the first ten minutes of the film doesn't work, take drugs from Friendly Pfeizer." Worried about hurricanes? Nukes? Dealing with a perma-smiling, hypnotized wife and noisy brats? Simple. Just load up on tranquilizers. Ah, peace! Better than a drinky-poo. Habit forming? Don't ask.